Paul Dosaj Mob: 07905 260130 E-mail: [email protected]
Paul is a multi award winning editor and producer. Among the films he’s helped make are Kelly and her Sisters, winner best documentary at BAFTA, RTS, Grierson and Broadcast awards. Dreaming Lhasa, a feature film, executive produced by Jeremy Thomas, was premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. It was shown at many other film festivals before being released around the world. The feature documentary My Heart Belongs To Dad, which he produced and edited was nominated for a Grierson award, along with films by Spike Lee and Paul Watson. Paul also co- produced and edited the Grierson nominated Class of ’62 – From 16 to 60. Paul played a key role in creating the narrative structure of Welcome to India and HMP Aylesbury. He co- produced Miraculous Tales, chosen for Hot Docs and voted one of the top eight films at the True/False film festival. Recent work includes the feature doc’ Mandela, My Father and Me with Idris Elba and the critically well received Inside the Ku Klux Klan.
Editing credits
Inside the Ku Klux Klan Director: Daniel Vernon (C4) “Channel 4 gave us the understated and excellent...There were flashes here in the Nick Broomfield/Louis Theroux tradition, but with less ego and more irony.” The Times
Mandela, My Father Director: Daniel Vernon (Netflix) and me
The Betrayers Director: Alicia Kerr (ITV) “Fascinating but shocking film” The Observer
Teenage Tommies Director: Mike Connolly (BBC 2)
Miraculous Tales Director: Daniel Vernon: Co-Producer Paul Dosaj (BBC) “Every so often BBC NI knocks it so far out of the park…this beautifully shot film allowed these startlingly vivid characters to gently wash over us” Belfast Telegraph
HMP Aylesbury Director: Lee Phillips (ITV) BAFTA, Grierson and RTS nominations “A terrifying portrait of the sad existence of troubled, often violent kids who are badly in need of help they will never receive. Very disturbing.” The Observer
Welcome to India Series Producer Tom Beard (BBC1)
Death Row Dogs Director: Jon Alwyn (BBC1) “Disturbing, sad but ultimately very important documentary.” The Observer
Kellie – The Girl Director: Tom Barrow (BBC3) Who Played with Fire
So What If My Baby Director: Matt Rudge (BBC3) Baby Is Born Like Me? “You don't get a lot of moral philosophy on BBC3 but that's essentially what this was.” The Independent
The Trouble With Director: Daniel Vernon (BBC2) Mother “Some sort of frightening sub-species of masterpiece, which plunges you into a claustrophobic world where duty, ill-temper, sacrifice and insanity grind together like bone on bone.” The Times
The Poet Of Bagdad- Director: Georgie Weedon; Producer Paul Dosaj Enemy Of The State
My Dad The Serial Killer Director: Matt Rudge (C4) “One of the most powerful scenes of TV fact or fiction in recent years…” The Observer
Class of ’62 at 60 Producer/Director: Marilyn Gaunt; Producer/Editor Paul Dosaj (BBC2 90 mins) Grierson Award nomination “Beautiful and hangs about the street corners of your mind, refusing to be moved on.” The Guardian
Honour Kills Directors: Ben Rumney and Juliette Murray-Topham (BBC Two part series) BAFTA and Prix Europa nominations “Its easy to make a film about the death of children that leaves the viewer outraged; this one did something harder, leaving the viewer filled with sadness.” The Independent
My Heart Director: Nick Poyntz; Producer/Editor Paul Dosaj (BBC2 90 mins) Belongs to Dad Grierson Award nomination “Undoubtedly one of the best things you’ll see on TV” The Observer
One Life - Director: Nick Poyntz (BBC1) I’m The Daddy “I thought I'm The Daddy was outstanding. It had a truly memorable central character and told an absorbing story.” Peter Fincham
Only Human - Director: Alice Yglesias (C4) Bosom Buddies “Unflinching television that spans the gamut of human emotions, without becoming sentimental, maudlin or clichéd” The Guardian
Murder Blues - Director: Ben Rumney (BBC1 Three part series) Left for Dead “…a salutary insight into black-on-black gun crime in London” The Telegraph
Living With Refugees Directors: Claudio von Planta & Simon Atkins (C4) Emmy Award nomination
Lin and Ralph - Director: Marilyn Gaunt (ITV Network) A Love Story Grierson Award nomination "Without doubt one of the best documentaries we will see on British television this year." The Observer
Dreaming Lhasa Directors: Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam (Feature film) Best of Festival prize. London
The Protectors Director: Nick Poyntz (BBC Two part special) Broadcast Award nomination “A provocative and important film, which uses the grammar of visual concealment to great visual and psychological effect.” The Guardian
Life and Death Director: Dimitri Doganis with Callum Macrae (PBS) In The War Zone This film was used to teach battlefield medical ethics at the US West Point Military Academy.
Cradle of Life Director: Nick Davidson (BBC)
Living On The Edge Director: Marilyn Gaunt (ITV Network) Silver Globe Award at World Media Festival “This superb film is how social documentaries should be made.” Sunday Telegraph
Frontline - 110-minute feature documentary Campaign Against Terror Directors: Greg Barker, Mark Anderson (PBS)
Justice For My Daughter Director: Chris Oxley (ITV Network)
Frontline - Director: Chris Oxley (Granada/PBS) Dangerous Straits
I Was a Great Train Robber Director: Chris Oxley (ITV Network)
Kelly & Her Sisters Director: Marilyn Gaunt (ITV Network) Winner of BAFTA Flaherty Award, Grierson Award plus Best Documentary Awards from Royal Television Society and Broadcast
Danger! Unexploded Bomb Director: Geoffrey Smith (C4 Two part special) Grierson Award nomination. Silver Screen award at the U.S.International Film & Video Festival. “Utterly compelling.” Financial Times
The Real LAPD Director: Wayne Derrick (Sony Feature pilot)
Cutting Edge - Director: Chris Oxley (C4) Missing, Presumed “Powerful unsensationalist account of a still troubling Murdered case.” Daily Telegraph
Three's a Crowd Director: Marilyn Gaunt (ITV Network)
The Life Saver Director: Geoffrey Smith (ITV Network) Silver Chris at the Columbus Film festival “An excellent documentary from Carlton.” Evening Standard
Sleaze Director: Leonie Jameson (C4)
Warhorse Director: Geoff Dunlop (A & E Four part series)
Rough Ride Director: Paul Dosaj
Vile Bodies - Director: Edmund Coulthard (C4) Naked BAFTA & Prix Italia nominations
Equinox - Director: Patrick Forbes (C4) A Very British Bomb
The Good Life Director: Malcolm Brinkworth (C4 2 part special)
True Stories - Director: Malcolm Brinkworth (C4) Football Dreams “This wonderfully human film.” The Guardian
The Mating Game Director: Malcolm Brinkworth (BBC1 75 minute special)
Getty Director: David Ash (ITV Network Two part special)
Modern Times - Director: Daniel Reed (BBC) The Fame Game “Brilliantly edited by Paul Dosaj, here television really showed its strengths.” The Spectator
Inside Story - Director: James Cohen (BBC) Car Squad
Cutting Edge - Director: Kevin Mann (C4) Airport “Skillfully mixes the momentous and the trivial, the somber and the funny.” The Times
40 Minutes - Director: Marc Munden (BBC) Girlfriends “This inspired piece of television doesn’t feel like it’s been refracted through male egos.” The Observer
Omnibus - Director: Andrew Eaton (BBC Two part special) John Ford “An elegant film that has the warmth and richness you associate with Ford’s best movies.” The Independent
Scene - Director: Marilyn Milgrom (BBC Drama) Partners
The Vanishing Director: Geoff Dunlop (Paladin Pictures for BBC) Rembrandts Grand prize winner at the Bratislava Film Festival
Pink Floyd - Director: Ian McArthur (Feature film EMKA for BBC Carrera Panamericana and Sony)
Omnibus - Director: Andrew Eaton (BBC) Ulster Says Ho Ho Ho! “A poignant film, savage and sad.” The Guardian
Open Space - Director: Gavin Dutton (BBC) A Song for Christine
Everyman - They Shoot Director: Judy Jackson (BBC) Children, Don't They?
Terror - Director: Tony Stark (C4 3-part series) A Fundamental Conflict “Terror was a powerful piece of documentary, well researched and closely edited.” Daily Telegraph
Homelands - Director: Andrew Eaton (BBC) Vietnam
Design Sense - Director: Mai Eakin (BBC) Touch
Everyman - Director: Tony Stark (BBC) Hermon's Beat
Inside Story - Director: Tom Bower (BBC) The Red Web
Wild about Foxes Director: Tish Faith (Central TV)
Place of Skulls Director: Saxon Logan (Granada TV) “Superbly crafted film.” The Guardian
Omnibus - Director: Daisy Goodwin (BBC) Harold Pinter
South Bank Show - Director: Nigel Wattis (LWT) Under Milk Wood
Open Space - Director: Robina Rose (BBC) Aggro Chemicals
The Nectar of Immortality Director: Babla Sen (C4)
Omnibus - Director: Colin Nears (BBC) David Bintley
Black Rhino – Director: Saxon Logan (Central TV 90 mins) The Last Stand Silver medal at the New York Film & TV Festival “A quite outstanding film, beautifully edited and structured.” The Independent
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References may be obtained from the following:
Ben Rumney Daniel Vernon Tel: 07747764363 Tel: 07947702515